Tag Archives: Kitchener

Hub Haps #001-bucket list

Posted on August 21, 2014 by dw

Yesterday at the Communitech Hub, out on Francis Street, Iain Klugman and John Baker, CEOs of Communitech and Desire2Learn respectively, got doused by this eager crew.  Of course the good cause was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. With all the … Continue reading →

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1shot #183-chess giant

Posted on August 18, 2014 by dw

Found this endgame in progress out front of Kitchener City Hall a couple of weeks back. There was such a great triangle structure in this composition that I had to shoot it. The distortion of scale with the serendipitous grid … Continue reading →

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1shot #182-everything is a mystery

Posted on August 11, 2014 by dw

I was meeting with Bre Crossman from the Kitchener BIA at the Yeti Café in DTK last week and saw interesting silhouettes appear in the Market underground. I love to find extremes of light, with a nod to artist Caravaggio … Continue reading →

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1shot #180-STOP, i love you!

Posted on August 8, 2014 by dw

Word on the street. Roy Street at Queen. This is Kitchener. DW

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Maker Club–extending innate makerliness

Posted on July 14, 2014 by dw

This is Charlie. He is 6 years old. With a little help from his Aunt Dinah combined with gear/know-how/meetup from Maker Club, Charlie is learning how to solder. It is the most fundamental skill required to jump off into the … Continue reading →

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1shot #179-u mad bro?

Posted on July 12, 2014 by dw

I was biking down to DTK last week and caught this angry tag on Linden Avenue in the Innovation District. Having spent a few days in May out in San Francisco, I’ve seen much louder and more graphic displeasure than … Continue reading →

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Hall’s Lane tamed–street music FTW

Posted on July 11, 2014 by dw

One of the unexpected benefits of Kitchener’s 11 days of KWAWESOME is that I’m getting in some pretty good cardio biking from northwest Waterloo to DTK on a daily basis. Thursday night was Tame the Lane with a short lineup … Continue reading →

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1shot #178-skate toward the light

Posted on July 10, 2014 by dw

I rode down to DTK last night for a meeting at Imbibe with Meg Leslie and Martin de Groot, and then shot Maker Club in THEMUSEUM, and then there was this great light beaming down King Street. But only for … Continue reading →

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1shot #177-all the yellow bikes

Posted on July 9, 2014 by dw

A few Fridays back, I found a whack of yellow bikes locked to the rack (rhyme!). At The Tannery, this is Kitchener. DW

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1shot #176-how clouds are made

Posted on July 8, 2014 by dw

At King and Francis Streets. Laying the second floor for the new Beer Store. A great thing about a gas-powered saw with an abrasive blade is that few things in the world can resist it. This is Kitchener. DW

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